GDC keeps its ARF the most expensive of all UK health regulators
2017-10-05
The General Dental Council (GDC) has chosen to keep the annual retention fee (ARF) unchanged, at £890 for dentists. The GDC is the most expensive
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GDC’s response
2017-09-27
The General Dental Council responds to Eddie Scher’s tough questions. The GDC’s role is to protect patients and help to maintain the public’s confidence in
GDC: I’m calling your bluff
2017-09-27
Eddie Scher challenges the GDC to answer his tough questions on dental regulation and start living up to its promises to change. Many column inches
Dentists warned not to purchase counterfeit dental equipment
2017-07-31
The General Dental Council (GDC) and the BDIA are warning dentists not to purchase counterfeit dental devices. These warnings come after a recent GDC hearing
GDC call to action – check the small print on your indemnity cover
2017-07-19
The General Dental Council (GDC) is warning dental professionals to ‘check the small print’ on their indemnity cover. The warnings come after the GDC highlighted a recent
GDC reserves reach £12.1 million
2017-07-14
The GDC’s reserves have almost reached four months operating costs, when it promised it would reduce the ARF. In its Annual report and accounts 2016, the General
Dental regulators told to focus on quality improvement
2017-07-11
Dental regulators encouraged to put quality improvement at the heart of their work by the RDSPB. In its new report, ‘Working together, delivering change‘, the
GDC responds to failure to reform healthcare regulation
2017-06-30
The General Dental Council (GDC) has responded after the Government looks like it might fail to fulfil its pledge to reform healthcare regulation. The Conservative’s 2017
Mastering marketing your practice
2017-06-29
With dental practices increasingly relying upon a wide range of media and marketing techniques to promote themselves, David Lauder explains the need to balance commercial,
Dealing with a direct approach from the media
2017-06-26
Debbie Herbst explores the impact of both off and online media channels. At the DDU, we frequently assist members who have been contacted by the
ECPD launched by the General Dental Council
2017-06-23
Enhanced continuous professional development (ECPD) has been launched today by the General Dental Council (GDC). ECPD will involve introducing a personal development plan for each
BDA tells GDC to focus on fixing fitness to practise process
2017-04-27
The British Dental Association (BDA) has told the General Dental Council (GDC) to focus on fixing its fitness to practise processes. This comes after the GDC
